cyberespionage

Definitions

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n. Espionage carried out by means of the Internet or in cyberspace.

Etymologies

cyber- +‎ espionage (Wiktionary)

Examples

In February, the computer security company McAfee Inc. said hackers who appeared to be based in China had conducted a "coordinated, covert and targeted" campaign of cyberespionage against five multinational energy firms since at least 2009.

The cybersecurity company McAfee Inc said in February that hackers who appeared to be based in China had conducted a "coordinated, covert and targeted" campaign of cyberespionage against five multinational energy firms since at least since 2009 and possibly since 2007.

The U.S. government has incredibly sophisticated cyberespionage tools at its disposal; it should DNS-bomb his Web sites, shut down his e-mail, and generally harass him online to keep him quiet and on the run.